Linotype and intertype magazine storage cabinet and a rail unit provided therein



April 9, 1935. A, 5 510 LINOTYPE AND INTERTYPE MAGAZINE STORAGE CABINET AND A RAIL UNIT PROVIDED THEREIN Filed May 14, 1954 Patented Apr. 9, .1935 r I LiNo'rYPE s v V ,ANDQINTE T PE. MAGAZINE 's'roRAGacAmNE'r AND A RAIL UNIT Y-P Y E 1'THE 1 i Appiiatiii 1934, Serial no- 725.497

4 Claims. (01. 276 -44) A inventionjrelatesin generalfto storage 1 machines, or type magazines as they. arefcalledg racks and more particular} to a removable l rail; unit "for a rack to. store. matrices .for type castingmachiness s time matrices. for type-casting At the present.

are stored in racks having aplurality of steel channels, with each channel designed forreceiving a magazine. The magazines are very heavy,

1 1. and because .of this weightare not ordinarily handled with the greatest amount of care. They are pushedinto the rack by the operator and slide on, one side, or an open .faee,.along the bottom of the steel channel. some. racks steel rollers are spaced apartalonglthe. bottom of the channel .tocarry the magazinesl in either .type'of rack, ,it is a matter of themetal mag'a zinebeing pushed lover the. steel channel s rface or 'steelroller. Considerable wear'occurson the magazines, and actual injury oftenresults', particularly to the open' faced magazine when pushed into. the rack.

The magazines are expensive, and the. cost of repair or replacement duetowear or injury from the presentstorage facilities amountsto a considerable sum. The same amount of wear also occurs onthe-rack, and with thelpresent construction failure of one bf the chafin -rene s. 'sitates replacement of. the entire cabinet;

It is an objectof my invention to PI'OVldQ an improveds'torage rack fortype magazines.

A further object is to provide amagazine receiving rail for a storage cabinet, whichwill cause neither wear nor injury to the side or face,

of themagazine as it is pushed in, and pulled out of the cabinet.

A still further object is to provide a replaceable individual rail for the storage cabinet, for receiving a magazine, and

It is also an object of my invention to provide such a device, which is simple, sturdy, and. inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description 0 taken with the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is aperspective of a storage cabinet with the individual rail units assembled therein, and. carrying a magazine.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the individual.

rail unit, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along. the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. '4 is a perspective view of a standard type of magazine.

In practicing my invention I provide a rail unit for mounting in a storage cahinet magazines, with said unit including a channel member, a plurality of rollers individually mounted in an adjoining position in the chan-u nel, .and a continuous belt movableover the: rollers to receive a type magazine and carry the same into the storage cabinet.

Referring now to the drawing, a rail I0 is pro- 1 V vided iorl'removable mounting in a storagecabi; net In? as shown in Fig. 1. Therail comprises a pair of L-shaped members I and i2 adapted to fit together in an overlapping relationship with bottom portion l3 of member II carrying thebase M of member I2. An. ear lfifextends outwardly from each end of the base portion. I3. and M of the respective .L-shaped memberswith corresponding ears having corresponding apertures -l1 therein. 5 The individual rails ID, are;

mounted adjacent one another as shownin Fig.

1. with bolts IBeXtending through the aperture; L

I1 and through angleirons I9 or a similar structure thecabinet IL. s l 1 The L- shaped side members give a rigid con struction to the entire rail unit, and inasmuch as they maybe stamped out with an ineiipensiv (116,313.34 low labor cost, this? construction assists in maintaining a low manufacturing .costforgthe entire unit. Furthermore the .oyerlappin'g assemblywith the double thicknessfor the bottom strengthens the rail for carrying therelatively. largeweight of a magazine. HoweverQit is derstood that a single piece cha nnelled member may also be employed.

As'discussed above, the ordinary type maga' zine 2| as shown in perspective in Fig. 4 and mounted in the storage cabinet in Fig. 1, is itself very heavy, and when carrying the usual amount of'type comprises an exceptionally heavy device for ordinary handling. The magazine is ordinarily lifted from the type casting machine and pushed into the storage cabinet. on the open I face 22. pushed into the cabinet on a covered edge.

an open face .or a covered edge, considerable wear takes place on this portion of the magazine. To overcomethis difiiculty in my invention I provide a series of rollers 23 rotatably mounted adjacent one another over the length of the rail l0, and having a continuous belt24 Some types of magazines also are I In a any event, whether slid into the cabinet upon for carrying a type magazine extending around 1 the outside rollers 23 and resting on the inter- Fig. 2.

.mediate rollers as shown by thedotted lines in although it is understood, of course, thatany material may be employed. With the use of a wooden roller thercost is reduced as contrasted with a steel roller for instance, and the Weight 7 of the entire unit is materially less than would be the case with the metal construction. The stud 25 may consist of a headed bolt with a nut 26 threaded upon one end thereof. ecrol1er i itself is rotatably carried on a spacing sleeve 2'1 around the body of the bolt 25, adapted to prop-'- erly space the walls of the members I} and 12'. The bolts 25 carry the spacers Z'i'and act torigidly secure the L-shaped members in'overlapping position.

In the useof my rail in a storage cabinet, the

-magazine2l is inserted in theordinarymanner and as the forward end of the same engages the belt 24 it is frictionally retained inposition on the belt and maintains this position as the belt is carried over the rollers 23. In other words after the magazine initially touches the belt there is no further sliding movement as between the two. In this manner there is no possibility of injury to the open face or straight edge of the magazine on the sornewhat soft; yielding surface provided by the belt; The rollers 23 are close enough together so that with the magazine riding on the belt there isno bumping actionor the same as said magazine is carried into the cabinet; Guideways 253 are provided on the top of the cabinet for receiving the top of the magazine.

7 Although it has been found that comparatively little wear occurs on the movable belt 24 because a t of the fact that there is no sliding movement between the magazine and belt, it sometimes happens that it is necessary to remove a'unit for replacement or repair. This removal is readily accomplished by simply taking out the bolts I 8 at each end of the rail,-thus obviat ng the necessay of replacing an entire cabinet upon excessive wear of any of its/parts.

In the event that the belt stretches with use, I provide an adjustment'for'tightening the same by forcing the rear roller 23 backwardly in the elongated bearing slots 30 in each of the side walls. After the desired adjustment is secured, the rear roller is retained-in position by tightening the nut 26 on the stud 25 until the spacer 21 is in rigid frictional engagement with the inside of the vertical walls. The roller may'then rotate on the spacer in the usual manner.

Although I have described my inventionin its not limit myself thereby, but limit the invention only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: I 1 Ina storage cabinet for type magazines, a plurality. of removable rail units, each comprising a channelled bodymember having a continuous movable belt extending substantially, the length thereof to receive a type magazine and carry it preferred embodiment, it is understood that I do infriction'al-engagement therewith into the storage cabinet, and means for removably mounting each of said rail unitsin said storage cabinet.

2. 'A rail uni't for a type magazine storage cab inet including a pair of L shaped members hav-f ing overlapping flanges to providea channelled passageway, a plurality of rollers mountedover the length of said passageway,"a plurality of bolts extending through the side walls of the channel across the passageway tohold'the L- shaped members in overlapping relationship, and each carrying a roller axis, and ,abelt movable over the rollers to receivea magazine and carry it into the cabinet. i

3. A rail unit for mounting in a type magazine storagecabinet, said unit including'a pair. of L-'shaped elongated members, each having a base portion and a side portion, with said base portions overlapping, and the sideportions oppositely disposed to 'provide an elongated channelled passageway, a plurality of rollers in said passageway, an axis for each roller journalled in the side portions, and a continuous movable belt carried on the rollers.

4. In an upright cabinet, a compartment for storage of type magazines, a plurality of rail units removably mounted on the bottom of the compartment, said units each comprising a chan nelled body'member, a plurality of. rollers each rotatably supported on an axis journalled in the side walls of the body member, a continuous movable belt on said rollers to carry a type magazine into said compartment, and the channelled guideways in the topof the compartment correspond ing' with saidrail units. i r I i ARCHIE 3.321113. 

